The government of Qatar has hired John Ashcroft, the U.S. attorney general during the September 11 attacks, as it seeks to rebut accusations from U.S. Among the individuals named is Youssef al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-born cleric considered a spiritual ... More..

The pound fell sharply after Britain's election saw the Conservatives lose their majority in parliament, raising questions about the next government's ability to lead the talks to leave the European Union . "I...More..

Social media was left swooning by the actions of Mr Carter - who served as the 39th United States president from 1977 to 1981 - after he was filmed smiling warmly as he walked down the plane aisle to greet pa...More..

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said Mrs May was responsible for the election result, which saw her party fall short of a Commons majority. Conservative Party loyalists urged her to change her leadership s...More..

Given the difficulty of dislodging the Maute Group in Marawi City , Lorenzana said they welcomed any help from the American government. Mr Duterte has declared 60 days of martial law for the southern islan...More..

Mr Little acknowledged New Zealand was a country "built on immigration", but that didn't mean changes can't be made. In recent years, our population has been growing rapidly as record numbers of migrants arri...More..

The 1998 agreement makes clear that the British government must show "rigorous impartiality" towards the interests of unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland - a stipulation that some fear could be threa...More..

Nicola Sturgeon has called on voters to give her a mandate to "demand a place for Scotland" during the upcoming Brexit negotiations. "Voting Tory delivers Tory MPs who will rubber-stamp Theresa May ". Ms ...More..

Most of Kosovo's 1.8 million people are ethnic Albanian. The approval of another agreement with Serbia giving more rights to the ethnic Serb minority, and the continuation of fraught talks with Belgrade , wh...More..

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) agreed in principle to a "confidence and supply" deal with the Conservative Party, a Downing Street statement said Saturday. Mr Corbyn, speaking after bei...More..

Meanwhile, Arab money will be more important than ever in London as the city seeks to defend its key role in worldwide finance in the chaos of Brexit . The DUP is also highly socially conservative , opposes...More..

Iran has sent four cargo planes of food to Qatar and plans to provide 100 tons of fruit and vegetable every day, Iranian officials said, amid concerns of shortages after Qatar's biggest suppliers severed ties...More..

If these tapes do exist, it doesn't seem like it would be in Trump's nature to just hand them over. Leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, which is also investigating suspected Russian election meddling, ...More..

Comey was leading that probe. She also said that the president was not a liar. Both issues were covered by the president's favorite morning news show, Fox and Friends , on Sunday. Former FBI Director J...More..

Everyone here is aware the local Democratic Unionist Party ( DUP ), a socially conservative group dedicated to keeping Northern Ireland tied to Britain , is in talks with Theresa May to prop up her Gover...More..

Jim Syring . United States officials, however, will continue to evaluate the GMD's performance based upon telemetry and other data acquired during the test, the release added. Four of the nine missile-intercept...More..

The DUP - which defends Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and takes a conservative approach to social issues - increased its number of seats to 10 in Thursday's election. But her party i...More..

May will also need the support of the socially conservative, pro-Brexit Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which won 10 seats in Northern Ireland . And almost 24 hours after polls closed across Britain, the U...More..

Anything less than that would be, unquestionably, a disaster for Theresa May . In shock terms it brought back memories of last year's referendum result and Donald Trump's surprise United States election wi...More..

A couple walk past a polling station in central London on Thursday as the country votes in an election to decide which party will hold the most seats in parliament . But not for some time, let's get this c...More..

In nearly three hours of sworn testimony , Comey also said he orchestrated a leak to a New York Times reporter of a memo describing his conversations with Trump in the hope that it would prompt the app...More..

USA concerns include the human rights record of members like China and Venezuela and what it deems anti-Israel bias. Haley reiterated U.S. concerns about what she termed the council's "chronic anti-Israel bia...More..

The three Islamists who killed eight people after driving a van into pedestrians on London Bridge and then attacking nearby revellers had initially tried to hire a 7.5 tonne truck, the head of the United King...More..

The winning numbers are 20-26-32-38-58 with a Powerball number of 3. The unnamed couple that bought the ticket chose to take the cash payout option of $74 million. The ticket, which was purchased at Marietta...More..

Britain has a hung parliament after the Conservatives lost their majority on an extraordinary night. A stream of senior lawmakers entered her office at 10 Downing St. It comes after Irish Foreign Minister Cha...More..